Ottawa, Canada, March 19, 2017 – This year, at the 2017 International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago, Instant Pot® was awarded the NPD 2017 Home Industry Performance Award in recognition as a food cook-heat brand with the top increase in market share in 2016, compared to 2015, according to NPD’s Retail Sales. (Note: Only brands with overall sales among the top 15 in the category were eligible).

Instant Pot® Multi-Use Programmable Pressure Cookers has become a game changer in this space. All Instant Pot® models are designed with advanced microprocessor programming. It combines the functions of a pressure cooker, rice cooker, yogurt maker, sauté, steamer, and warmer, along with smart cooking programs to provide the flexibility to prepare nearly every type of dish. Instant Pot® cookers are truly tools for a New Lifestyle.

According to Lora Morsovillo, President of NPD’s home division, “Growth in today’s retail environment is increasingly competitive. These awards recognize the brands that are successfully navigating their way through today’s challenges and standing out among the competition”. Per Lora, “It is energizing to witness members of our industry identifying new opportunities, advancing their business, and creating a platform for industry growth.”

The NDP Group is a market research firm that provides consumer shopping trends, and market information. With expertise in more than 20 industries, NPD combine consumer and retail point-of-sale data with analytic solutions to interpret today’s market trends, while anticipating tomorrow’s.

Instant Pot® would like to share this recognition with our distributors, partners and customers who helped make it possible. Thank You!

Set Instant Pot to “Saute”. Coat chicken with 1 Tbsp creole seasoning, and brown the meat on all sides. Remove the chicken from heat and set aside.

Add onions, peppers, and garlic, and sauce until the onions are translucent. Add rice, and sauce for 2 minutes. Add tomato puree, creole seasoning, Worcestershire, and chicken. Close the lid and press “Rice”.

When the rice is cooked, release steam, remove the lid, and add sausage and prawns. Place lid back on the Instant Pot, press “Manual”, and cook an additional 2 minutes.

Set Instant Pot to “Saute”, and add oil. Sauce onions, carrots, celery, and garlic until the onions are translucent. Add ground meat and seasonings, and cook until meat is brown.

Deglaze Instant Pot with red wine, and cook for 15 minutes, until wine is reduced. Stir in tomatoes and sugar, then close the lid. Press “Cancel” then “Manual”, and cook on “High Pressure” for 15 minutes.

Serve over spaghetti, or your favourite pasta, with a dusting of Parmesan cheese.

September 17, 2016…The Instant Pot team is proud to introduce the newest member of the Instant Pot family, our “ACCU Sous-Vide Circulator”. The ACCU Sous-Vide Circulator was designed and built for the gourmet who strives to create ‘restaurant quality dishes’ in the comfort of their own
home.

“Sous-Vide” is French for ‘Under Vacuum’, referring to the process of vacuum sealing food and bringing it to a very precise temperature and holding it there for a period of time to achieve amazing and precise results each and every time. “Sous-Vide” is synonym with superior taste, prestige, and the highest quality. Sealing food in pouches permits it to cook in its own juices, retaining the vitamins and minerals from within the food, natural flavors are intensified, food is healthier, more tender, juicy, and tastier. The Instant Pot ACCU Sous Vide circulator creates and maintains an even and accurately controlled cooking water-bath for perfect cooking results. The product can be used on meat, poultry, seafood, eggs, vegetables, and fruits.

The Instant Pot Sous-Vide is easy-to-use, allowing our home-gourmets to prepare the perfect meal for family and friends.

Available on Amazon in limited quantities as of September 17, 2016, don’t be disappointed, order your Instant Pot ACCU Sous-Vide Circulator today!

As our valued supporters, we would like to bring to your attention our concerns regarding the sale of unapproved and unauthorized sealing rings that are being marketed as a suitable replacement for your Instant Pot’s original sealing ring. These rings are being sold on Amazon by certain unauthorized third party vendors, such as “Instant Perrrt!”, “Impresa Products”, “CYLAPEX” and “Noosa Life.”

Instant Pot has not authorized these entities or any other third party to manufacture and/or sell Instant Pot accessories or replacement parts. We feel it is important to bring this to the attention of our community, as there may be serious safety concerns associated with using an untested sealing ring on Instant Pot products.

Our sealing ring is an integral part of the Instant Pot safety features. Our rings have been designed, engineered, and built with the optimal material to achieve the hardness and strength required to withstand high-pressure force during electric pressure-cooking. Our rings have passed UL, FDA, and LFGB tests for safety, including food safety.

In contrast, the unapproved and unauthorized rings were not manufactured, tested or certified by or for Instant Pot and we do not know if they meet our established standards. The use of third party sealing rings may have unexpected effects on your product, and would void the Instant Pot warranty.

In the near future, to better serve our customers, we will be launching colored sealing rings to assist you when preparing different food groups. In the interim, our rings can be purchased online at Amazon or through the Instant Pot web site:

https://instantpot.us/store/

We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and loyalty to the Instant Pot brand. We look forward to continuing to provide you with the right tools for your active lifestyle.